Raina Kabaivanska - Ah! non pensar che pieno (La Scala, 1961)

Bellini, Beatrice di Tenda, I act Teatro alla Scala, Milano 10 May 1961 Dino Dondi, Filippo Maria Visconti Antonino Votto, conductor This was Raina Kabaivanska's debut at La Scala (opposite Dame Joan Sutherland) that took place 2 years after her debut in Italy (Vercelli) in Puccini's Il Tabarro and following her breakthrough in various theaters -- Sanremo, Mantova, Fano, Bolzano, Trento -- and performance of Malipiero's Torneo Notturno at La Piccola Scala.